Originally Posted By gardenrooms I give up. What is MSEP? I know I'll feel stupid when someone points out what should have been obvious to me, but I gotta ask.
Originally Posted By CaptainMichael I can't stand to be in WDW for longer than 3-4 days anymore. Any longer and things just get too repetitive and played out. So glad the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is opening down the street!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>I agree with you Dar, I don't get to go very often. I live day to day so I have to watch every penny to get to go on any vacation. I only go on one vacation a year, and its usually 1 year cheap vacation to like the beach or something like that. (cheap meaning 1500 dollars, I stay with a friend who lives 20 minutes from va beach and we just have a blast for a week) The other vacation cost me around 3000 dollars, and thats to disney world. So when I get to go I get excited months ahead of time. This year I just can't wait to get to go. 127 more days YIPEE <<< But because of the "specialness" of the big vacation, chances are that you would feel the same going to Hawaii, on a cruise, a trip to Europe etc. Personally, if it were a hardship requiring years of saving, I would be even more annoyed with the contemptable way WDW is managed.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo WDWdreamin, on your first visit, I am sure you will be blown away, no doubt. Epcot, DAK and the deluxe resorts alone will do that to you. My prob is seeing the decline over the last 30 years. But you won't notice that, and I am sure you will have a great time. If and when we next go, we will be sure to have a car and leave the MIL at home. I am sure that would help immensely.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 LOL Dave!!!! Yeah - that's going to put you in a better humour, right away!!! We spent 23 days in Orlando and had a car from the hour we arrived to the hour we left. Personally I could NOT imagine being stuck JUST at WDW and depending on smelly busses. Yuck. I COULD NOT imagine visiting(if only for my first time)Orlando and NOT going to Uni, Sea World, KSC and just seeing some of the tracky junk on I-Drive. Maybe it's because we come from Australia where distances dictate you MUST drive and have a car, for us it was just a GIVEN. Plus, while it was a lifelong dream to visit WDW and feel immersed in it(kinda hard NOT to feel it when you're there!) I don't buy into all the magic, pixie dust bull****.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 Lol, Yea I totally understand what everyone is saying about WDW going down, unfortunally before I had my two girls I only went to WDW twice myself once when I was 5 (which I do not remember) and once when I was on a band trip in the summer and as you can imagine we had a blast everywhere we went. Now that my girls are bigger ages 6 and almost 5 they love WDW we went last year in april, and now we are going again in september of this year. I do not go for myself but for them. I would rather take a nice trip to Hawaii, or the bahamas and stuff like that but hey you gotta do what you gotta do.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Yeah, you definitely need a car...How else do you dine offsite when sick of Disney food?
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 Exactly - that's another MAJOR reason to have a car. I will not be held hostage to Disney food prices and choices - not to mention when we were at the MK in October 2001 and by about 6pm the burger place in TL had already closed. They obviously didn't want my custom so we spent our money elsewhere.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Same here, but for us, it was our last day- in DHS. With Fantasmic at 8:00, and no desire to go for Burgers again, we just high tailed it to a Chilies on I-4. We eat late, anyway.
Originally Posted By paulsmith Just returned from WDW, my twelfth visit since 1994. Have noticed how things are starting to get really expensive and that Disney are fleecing their visitors more and more. £14.00 to park, £32.00 for strollers, now charging for shaded areas at Typhoon £200.00 for cabana's, etc , etc. These examples are just the tip of the ice burg and its not just Disney its everywhere. I felt that strong about it i actually went into customer relations at MK and spent nearly an hour writing my observations down and passing it on. During that same day i had a phone call from a Cast Member saying that they had read my novel and passed it onto the right people, they asked us to visit the Crystal Palace and join Tigger for Lunch. We did of course and it was wonderful, they made us feel like royalty. But i hope that Disney will take on board some of my ideas. Paul
Originally Posted By standor I long fot the good old days when Disney respected their customers(guests). When the place was neat and clean and all the bulbs on main street were aglow. When the Disney family ran WDW it was a fun place. Now, all they want is our money with not much in return.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>> t they had read my novel and passed it onto the right people, they asked us to visit the Crystal Palace and join Tigger for Lunch. We did of course and it was wonderful, they made us feel like royalty. But i hope that Disney will take on board some of my ideas. <<<< I need to start complai--um-- critiquing more.
Originally Posted By disney pete yes even i notice things slipping at DW but i can never get enough of the place it's magic great rides,great smells,great ambience,mostly great CM's and you will never hear me complain about the place,will get round to trying other Disney parks eventually.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>will get round to trying other Disney parks eventually.<<< Please do Pete, I think you will freak out with glee since the MK is your fav park.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>Please do Pete, I think you will freak out with glee since the MK is your fav park.<< Speaking as someone who has never been to any other parks besides WDW's, I think that, yes, anyone.
